Guardians Coach Terry Francona Drops Hilarious Reaction to Jose Ramirez-Tim Anderson Fistfight

(Photo : Ron Schwane/Getty Images) CLEVELAND, OH - Manager Terry Francona (#77) of the Cleveland Guardians argues a call with umpire Mark Wegner (#14) after being ejected during the fourth inning at Progressive Field on August 04, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio.

Saturday night, baseball tried to one-up Jake Paul-Nate Diaz as Cleveland Guardians' Jose Ramirez and Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson engaged in a fistfight after a heated confrontation in the base.

Significant suspensions could soon follow, but Guardians coach Terry Francona seems to downplay what happened.

"It's not funny ... but hard not to chuckle. Again, it's not funny, but boys will be boys," he told reporters after the match that ended with White Sox taking the W.

The fight lasted less than 10 seconds but was enough to see a clean knockout. Ramirez dropped Anderson, and the clip has been playing all over the internet since.

It's fight night in Cleveland 😳 pic.twitter.com/3NEIpBEbSf
— White Sox Talk (@NBCSWhiteSox) August 6, 2023

Francona was among those who were ejected right after the match. His White Sox counterpart Pedro Grifol was also ejected. Other personnel tossed were Guardians third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh and relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase.

Anderson does not find it funny, wants Round 2

Anderson, who was given a day off by Grifol in Sunday's series-ender, is not ready to put the conflict to rest. In a now-deleted tweet, the two-time All-Star said he looks forward to another meeting with the Guardians.

Tim Anderson posted then deleted this after fight with José Ramírez 👀 pic.twitter.com/FCdRgmsIFy
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 7, 2023

Grifol said that Anderson was doing fine after the melee despite the knockdown.

As for what awaits his player, Grifol leaves it to the league officials.

"I'm not going to get into that," he said. "I've had my conversations with Tim, but I'm not going to get into anything that happened last night. I'll let MLB take care of all that stuff but I'm not going to talk about the fight."